Chapter 51: Chapter 46: Yu Lan Takes the Fall

Completely unaware, Yu Lan left the Imperial Palace and returned to the Science Research Institute.

She had no idea that a massive conspiracy was waiting for her.

Just as she stepped through the main entrance of the Science Research Institute, a male came running toward her. He was holding a test tube filled with Flowing Gold Liquid, his expression hurried and anxious.

Unsuspecting, Yu Lan moved aside, trying to clear a path for the man.

She was completely unaware that this male researcher had been put up to this by Louisa. He had been promised one of the Princess’s Male Servant positions if he could just make Yu Lan break the vial.

No male could refuse such a temptation.

Besides, all he had to do was break a single vial.

He could compensate Yu Lan a thousand times over later on. ’Isn’t she a female from Garbage Star with no income?’

’It’s fine. Before I become a Male Servant, I can just give half of my fortune to her.’

So the researcher thought, matter-of-factly.

At that moment, seeing Yu Lan appear before him, his face lit up and he scrambled to run toward her.

"Researcher Yu, wait a moment."

"Are you on your way to see the Director?"

Yu Lan paused her step to the side and stood obediently in place. She nodded, her voice soft and gentle.

"Yes, I’m just on my way to see the Director."

Everyone at the Science Research Institute, from top to bottom, knew that Yu Lan was extremely close to the Director. The two of them were even conducting research in the same lab now.

Thinking back to Shen Zueran’s unfinished sentence from earlier, Yu Lan paused, wondering what he had been trying to say.

The unknown always invites more suspicion.

Upon receiving Yu Lan’s confirmation, the researcher’s face lit up. Feigning delight, he put on the performance of a lifetime.

"That’s wonderful!"

"The new potion the Director has been pushing the Third Lab to develop—we finally finished it today."

"But none of us dare..." The researcher scratched his head, giving Yu Lan a look that said, *you know how it is*. Aside from the brief moments of gentleness he showed her, Shen Zueran was nothing but cold, stern, and distant with the other researchers.

"So, could you help us deliver this potion to the Director?" the male researcher pleaded.

The claws of a dark conspiracy had opened.

Completely oblivious, Yu Lan nodded. She tilted her little head up and replied with a lighthearted smile,

"Okay, sure."

The smile on the beautiful female’s face was absolutely exquisite, like a million flowers bursting into bloom at once, their rich fragrance washing over him.

In that instant, the male researcher’s heart began to pound wildly. THUMP THUMP THUMP.

He handed the potion to Yu Lan with a slight hesitation, thanking her as he did, "Thank you so much. I’ll buy you a drink later."

"No, no, it’s nothing."

Yu Lan reached her small hand out for the Human-shaped Recovery Potion—worth hundreds of billions, and the only one of its kind in the entire interstellar space.

「At that moment, at the entrance to the Science Research Institute.」

A hover car—all sharp, powerful, and cold lines, the very definition of high-end precision technology—arrogantly pulled to a stop at the entrance of the Science Research Institute.

The Li Family’s young miss, Li Yufei, appeared before the crowd, surrounded by a contingent of heavily armed bodyguards.

That the main branch of the Li Family had come personally to retrieve the potion was a clear sign of how much importance the Li Family placed on the Human-shaped Recovery Potion.

Therefore, the anger and retribution that Yu Lan would suffer for breaking this potion would be all the more ferocious and overwhelming.

Watching from the second floor of the Science Research Institute, Louisa clenched her fists, trembling with excitement.

Through the bustling crowd, Li Yufei’s eyes immediately locked onto the Liquid Gold Human Recovery Potion, which was currently in the researcher’s hand.

The only one in the entire interstellar space.

The one the Li Family had been desperately seeking for so many years.

Her brother, Li Yucheng, finally had a glimmer of hope.

Li Yufei, who was usually arrogant and accustomed to being adored and pursued by all, couldn’t even stop her eyes from turning red.

Then, she watched helplessly as the Flowing Gold Potion slipped from Yu Lan’s hand and smashed heavily onto the ground. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

A loud, crisp CRACK echoed.

The Flowing Gold Liquid spread across the floor, and the scent of an artificially synthesized female rose into the air.

"No!"

Li Yufei let out a piercing shriek, trying to stop it.

The bodyguards surrounding her even transformed into their beast forms in a furious instant, their limbs coiling with power as they leaped and sprinted toward Yu Lan.

But it was too late.

It was really too late.

The fact was, the only Human-shaped Recovery Potion in the entire interstellar space had been shattered.

Li Yufei forcefully wiped the tears from her eyes. Her gaze fixed on Yu Lan, her colored contacts making her stare all the more intense as her voice came out through gritted teeth.

"You. You’re the one who smashed my brother’s Human-shaped Recovery Potion."